MASS EFFECT 2 - The most epic thing since sliced bread

[J1natic]

Mass Effect 2 ist wohl offiziell bei Facebook eingetragen; aber siehe sich das mal einer an:

Developer: BioWare
Publisher:Electronic Arts
Platform: PC, Xbox
Genre: RPG/Adventure
ESRB Rating: TBD
Release Date: Late 2009

Welchen Gott muss ich anbeten, damit es noch in diesem Jahr erscheint?

[Pennywise]

Mass Effect 2 ist wohl offiziell bei Facebook eingetragen; aber siehe sich das mal einer an:

Developer: BioWare
Publisher:Electronic Arts
Platform: PC, Xbox
Genre: RPG/Adventure
ESRB Rating: TBD
Release Date: Late 2009

Welchen Gott muss ich anbeten, damit es noch in diesem Jahr erscheint?

Ganz sicher nicht Gaf

Aber mal sehen wie das ganze ablaufen wird.Ich hoffe ja auch noch auf ein Release in diesem Jahr.

[J1natic]

Ich habe mich neben die Geth gereiht und die Reaper angebeten, die Invasion früher zu starten. Die meinten aber erst Anfang 2010

mal ein update:


E3: Mass Effect 2 out in January 2010


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Mass Effect 2 E3 09: Press Conference Footage HD + FULL E3-Trailer
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-09 ... fect/50091
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Neue Homepage
http://masseffect.bioware.com/

Game description + feature list

Two years after Commander Shepard repelled invading Reapers bent on the destruction of organic life, a mysterious new enemy has emerged. On the fringes of known space, something is silently abducting entire human colonies. Now Shepard must work with Cerberus, a ruthless organization devoted to human survival at any cost, to stop the most terrifying threat mankind has ever faced.

To even attempt this perilous mission, Shepard must assemble the galaxy’s most elite team and command the most powerful ship ever built. Even then, they say it would be suicide. Commander Shepard intends to prove them wrong.

* Prepare for a suicide mission to save humanity
* Choose between 19 different weapons
* Devastating heavy weapons (that) can end a battle in seconds
* Recruit up to a dozen of the galaxy’s most dangerous operatives
* Explore the galaxy— scan planets to uncover unique secret missions
* Train and equip your team to survive insurmountable odds
* Control your conversation with physical moments of intense action

Außerdem zu sehen dort ist wohl eine neue Rasse (?) namens Vorcha


http://masseffect.bioware.com/universe

Screenshots



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Wallpapers



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Avatars




und ne neue FAQ

1. 1.0: Is Commander Shepard Alive?
Commander Shepard is the main playable character in Mass Effect 2, but Shepard’s death is a central theme in the story, especially since the Commander is preparing for what can only be described as a suicide mission.

2. 1.1: How will our saved games from Mass Effect 1 work for Mass Effect 2?
If you finished Mass Effect 1 and continue from your savegame, you will see the consequences of your decisions from the first moments of Mass Effect 2. And throughout the game you will see the results of choices you made in Mass Effect 1, both large and small.

3. 1.2: What if I didn’t play Mass Effect 1, or didn’t keep my savegame?
Mass Effect 2 starts with an introduction sequence which, in combination with interactive decisions made by the player, introduces new players to the storyline and establishes a “canon” backstory.

4. 1.3: What DRM will you use for Mass Effect 2?
We will make an announcement about DRM at a later date.

5. 1.4: What if I have multiple saved games?
You will be asked to pick a specific save game to import each time you start a new game of ME2.

6. 1.5: If a character died in Mass Effect 1 will they come back in Mass Effect 2?
No – they are dead!

7. 1.6: What characters from Mass Effect 1 will come back for Mass Effect 2?
If you watch the various trailers and videos we have and will be releasing, you will start to see some familiar faces that are returning for the second game.

8. 1.7: What improvements or advancements have been made for Mass Effect 2?
Mass Effect 2 incorporates improvements to nearly every aspect of the game, in areas such as combat and AI, space exploration, and technical systems such as area transitions, frame rates, and texture loading. All of these are incorporated into the overall game design, including a new planetary exploration vehicle.

9. 1.8: Will the romances from Mass Effect 1 continue in Mass Effect 2?
Part of telling a great action / adventure story is having a love interest to give deeper meaning and character development to the relationships. So much like in the original Mass Effect, you will be able to develop relationships into love interests over the course of the game.

10. 1.9: Will there be new romances to pursue?
Yes. You may see an appearance of your love interest from Mass Effect 1, and there will be completely new characters that can be developed into the love interest for Mass Effect 2.

11. 1.10: Is combat going to be changed at all?
The overall concept of combat is very much the same, but every aspect has been polished and improved. You still command a squad of 3 characters with incredible special abilities. But many improvements have been made to give you better real-time tactical control of your squad as well as making the shooting controls much more fluid and precise. Location-based damage (head shots and blasting pieces off enemies), new physics-based powers, and a new cover system make combat much more spectacular and intense.

12. 1.11: Will there be any new weapons in Mass Effect 2?
Yes! Players will have a large variety of new weapons to use including a new system of Heavy Weapons.

13. 1.12: Will there be hand to hand combat in Mass Effect 2?
Commander Shepard will have melee attacks he can use against enemies that get too close.

14. 1.13: Is Mass Effect 2 still coming for the 360 first or will it come out for the PC at the same time?
We will release details about release timing at a later date.

15. 1.14: Will there be a PS3 version of Mass Effect 1 and 2?
Mass Effect 2 is planned for the PC and Xbox 360.

16. 1.15: Will there be any new biotic, tech, or soldier abilities in Mass Effect 2?
Absolutely – stay tuned for more videos, screens and features that will reveal some of those.

17. 1.16: Will the Normandy return in Mass Effect 2?
The Normandy plays a major role in Mass Effect 2.

[cerberµs]

Mann ey können die ihre scheiß wallpaper nichtmal für widescreen mit 1680x1050 zur Verfügung stellen...

[Arkune]

Ich sags mal wie es ist: Danke für alle Teilnehmer aber der Wettbewerb ist gelaufen: GOTY 2010: Mass Effect 2.

Pure Awesomeness.
Und allen Unkenrufen zum Trotz nach allem was ICH lese wird ME nicht weiter Richtung „Shooter“ getrimmt sondern Richtung „Taktik-Shooter“ und daist gut so!

*XBox360streichel*

[J1natic]

Mass Effect 2 behind closed doors demo impressions

It is no longer be a spoiler to say that Commander Shepard, hero of Mass Effect, lives in Mass Effect 2. Despite the clever teaser, he is, again, the hero.

"We've always said we wanted to create a story about taking one human through [a huge story]," said Mass Effect 2 project director Casey Hudson during a lengthy demo of the game. "And that human is Commander Shepard."
As planned, players can carry over their saved data from Mass Effect, with character choices and gameplay decisions impacting the events of the dark sequel.

The real surprise coming out of E3 is that it also won't be much of a spoiler to say that

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Commander Shepard dies in Mass Effect 2.

In fact, plenty of major characters in Mass Effect 2 can die before the end of the game. And if Shepard or any of his companions die, and you carry over that data to Mass Effect 3, those characters won't make appearances in the final game of the trilogy.

Before we got to a fatal scenario, BioWare showed us a section of the game where Shepard and company infiltrate a building to find a mysterious assassin. Hudson explained that Shepard is tracking down the mysterious disappearance of humans across the galaxy, a quest that will culminate in a significant final mission--a mission that will see your decisions impacting every stage of the climax.

The first gameplay segment shown amounted to a conversation between Shapard and blue-skinned alien Liara in a flying car, a scene first shown at GDC. BioWare has stepped up the cinematic camera angles in Mass Effect 2, and not to a gimmicky level--nearly every shot during the conversations was beautifully staged, including plenty of dynamic camera movement.

Liara eventually dropped Shepard off at the target building, at which point the party quickly captured a guard, leading Hudson to introduce the new "interrupt system"--a new way for players to physically and abruptly end a conversation.

During the guard's interrogation--"Tell me where the bomb assassin is!"--players will eventually see a flashing exclamation mark in the lower left corner marked with the left-trigger icon. Upon pressing it, Shepard simply pushed the guard out the window, leading one character to quip, "So when do we read him his rights?"

Shortly thereafter, Hudson detailed a few of the new combat systems. Mass Effect 2 will now allow players to fire off abilities without pausing the game, in addition to issuing move and attack orders for independent party members. All of this lends itself to a more dynamic combat scenario, with a great focus on scooting and shooting.

Of course, the abilities themselves have been bolstered by new additions. The Bionic Pull will allow players to yank enemies out from behind cover, while concussive rounds physically blast characters into the air. There are nine new weapons classes in all, including a new heavy weapons system.

Now we hit spoiler territory--or, at least, light spoiler territory. As the ending--and the middle--of Mass Effect 2 will change depending on your decisions, to call anything a true spoiler seems pointless. Even still:

DO NOT READ BELOW THIS POINT IF YOU WISH TO REMAIN ENTIRELY UNSPOILED.

Following the building scenario, BioWare had two more quick glimpses of the game. The first was of various other planets, which will now be more varied in design, or "like a science-fiction painting come to life," as Hudson put it.

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But the really interesting stuff was in the concept that any character can die in Mass Effect 2. To illustrate this point, BioWare skipped ahead to a later section of the game. An unknown alien force had torn apart the flagship starship Normandy, the ship near collapse. Shepard issued an evacuation order, forcing Linara to head to the escape pods. Surrounded by chaos, Shepard slowly made his way through the fire to a doorway--and then the booming sound dropped out entirely, sucked away by the vacuum of space in Dead Space style.

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Walking on the skin of the dying ship, Shepard eventually found shipmate Joker, who is attempting to save the craft. But at that moment, the enemy ship fired a beam weapon at the ship, violently splitting it down the seam. Shepard was knocked about in the fury, then was entirely jettisoned into space. The hero flailed about in space as his air leaked out from the wrecked spacesuit, then disappeared into the black.

BioWare ended the live demonstration there. Hudson didn't need to reiterate that Mass Effect 2 was indeed a darker sequel.

Mass Effect 2 hands-on PREVIEW VIDEO @G4

http://e3.g4tv.com/videos/38775/Mass-Ef ... -Hands-On/

Recap:
* Demo was the stage with all the flying cars (Asari planet?)
* Looks amazing; rocksolid 30fps
* New HUD shown (the one from the GDC videos)
* they did mention you could do powers without pausing the game
* There's a D-PAD in the HUD under the picture of your party members with the different squad icons, You can definitely separate squad members! The d-pad seems to be context sensitive and flashes when you press a direction. Left and Right correspond to Party Member 1 and Member 2. Aim and press either direction and the corresponding member will do an action depending on the situation (empty space means the member will go to that spot, while pointing at an enemy and pressing a direction means the member will target that enemy). Up is a red icon, can't really make it out. Down is the party icon (three blue, lower case i's), looks to be regroup. Party member picture flashes when they perform a biotic power.
* Shepard's assault rifle had ammo instead of overheat, when the clip runs out the gun HUD icon flashes red (like the overheat in ME) while he reloads
* It seemed like the AR had a second fire
* New female party member shown; looked human wearing a skin tight white outfit kinda like Tali without helmet; might be Tech (she popped out her omnitool in the middle of a fight)
* No more auto cover (press A pops up when near crates), looks like climbing will play a bigger role (a bunch of parts where you can climb crates [press A and hold up to climb])
* Power Wheel still in game

es tut schon fast weh, wie sehr ich es haben möchte. Naja, genug Zeit optimale Chars. noch zu erstellen.

[Vegas2k]

Hmm... ich würde die Spoiler einfach rausnehen, muss nicht jetzt schon sein

Das Spiel verdammt geil, eindeutig...

@4P: Wann werden die Informationen von der EA Konferenz hier gesammelt??

[johndoe774288]

ist die überhaupt schon angelaufen?

[Vegas2k]

Die EA PK war soweit ich das verstanden hab Montag Mittag (Ortszeit)... jedenfalls gibt es schon überall Videos und Infos über ME2, nur hier nicht..

[TitsMcghehey]

Ich sags mal wie es ist: Danke für alle Teilnehmer aber der Wettbewerb ist gelaufen: GOTY 2010: Mass Effect 2.

Nope, Alan Wake wird Spiel des Jahres 2010.

[Arkune]

Ketzer, stirb qualvoll auf dem Scheiterhaufen!

Stabile 30 FPS? Na ja im Trailer war es noch nicht wirklich stabil aber wenn das hinhaut ist es gut genug.

[Thunder1555]

Ich bete auch dafür das dieses hammergame noch 2009 rauskommt. ich glaubs aber eher nicht der neue trailer sieht hammergeil aus schon alleine mit der fetten waffe.

was ich da fürn bild gefunden hab O.o

[J1natic]

Gamespot: Mass Effect 2 Stage Demo

die kurze Videosequenz oben ohne Kommentare:
http://e3.gamespot.com/video/6211459/?h ... lay_btn;13

edit: gerade angesehen; omg - kA, wie ich das bis 2010 aushalten soll.

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btw. Falls mir jemand helfen könnte/Rat geben könnte - Ich bin mom. lvl 50 Soldier und werde wohl am Ende wohl irgendwo bei lvl 55-56 enden. Wohin sollte ich die vollen 12 Punkte reinbauen - Heben oder Präzisionsgewehr? Wohin die Restlichen 5-6 Punkte dann?
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[Der Amboss]

Skill das Präzisionsgewehr! Hat mir sehr gute Dienste verrichtet.

[cerberµs]

1. 1.0: Is Commander Shepard Alive?
Commander Shepard is the main playable character in Mass Effect 2, but Shepard’s death is a central theme in the story, especially since the Commander is preparing for what can only be described as a suicide mission.

Also die frage versteh ich ehrlich gesagt nicht, ich hab ME grad zum ersten mal durchgespielt und bei mir lebt er.
Also gibts nen alternatives ende wo er ins Grass beißt oder was?